Does this unit have that stupid "smart power" feature?
18100
No I don't believe it's a feature. Its' either on or off depending on if your lighter outlet set up. It doesn't have a "sleep" option. On my car it turns off when the car is turned off.
18101
I don't know what you mean by smart power, but it does self mute to stop you losing your mind with beeping.
1560231
No, it doesn't. As a reviewer below pointed out, though, I've not missed one at all. I leave it on 24/7 and it "kicks in" to a higher level when it needs to. It's a great unit I've been grateful to own.
90757
You need to select the input for the device first. It does not have auto detect as far as I can tell but usually goes to the last selected input when powering back up.
55173
Not that I'm aware of, I just had a power outage yesterday and the unit remained off
935942
The one we recently bought does not, as we just found out this morning. This company seems to have an issue with conflicting documentation describing the unit's operational features. I am sending this one back.
1554831
I don't believe it does. It only delivers power when something is plugged into one of the ports.
971141
Whenever the unit gains power back it defaults to a power on state, which if memory serves right just turns on the last built in macro of the unit that you were using the last time it got powered off. Hope this helps.
535703
Yes it does. There is a small phantom power switch right above the main power switch.
51446
If there's a setting for it, I haven't found it, so my experience is no. But it performs very well. I'm not at all unhappy with the unit
1010715
No Deborah, at least the model I have does not. It is a little annoying because I have to keep plugging and unplugging it. I feel like they should have added that feature!
1789961
Since I use a timer to control the period of "charging", I do not have that knowledge. The timer, of course, has to remain ON all the time to keep the time. I doubt that the power goes off in the smartstrip "always on" group or the name would not be "always on".
446738
It does it automatically. It senses which device is powered on and will switch to that device. You can also put a button on the unit itself to manually switch inputs if you like.
1343612
I agree. I see no evidence of this feature in the instructions. But there may be a capacitor in it that holds the settings even though it may be necessary to reset the current time when the power comes back on. Perhaps that is what they mean?
1972463
No it does not...not sure why you would need that feature...the unit is very reliable finds a signal very quickly every time
656991
No, my unit does not offer that feature. Several other APC units have the "always on" feature you are looking for.
1811396
It does power unit but when plugged in Can not turn power off like the factory unit and actually have to unplug device or it remains on all the time. Kinda annoying but in reality not having unit on standby saves energy I suppose.
372984
No. There is a poe power supply that comes with it when you purchase the unit.